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Michelle Good says residential school remains cast shadow over GGBooks fiction win Poll Should there be an emergency debate in the House of Commons on the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children at a residential school site in Kamloops? Yes Author Michelle Good poses in this undated handout photo. Michelle Good should be celebrating back-to-back awards wins for her debut novel about residential school survivors, but instead, she's mourning the children whose deaths in the system are only now being accounted for. Good, a member of Red Pheasant Cree Nation west of Saskatoon, was awarded...

What You Need to Know Secure 2.0 increases the RMD age to 73 starting on Jan. 1, 2022, to 74 starting on Jan. 1, 2029, and to 75 starting on Jan. 1, 2032. According to IRS data, 80% of people who take the RMD amount or more do so because they need the money, says retirement expert Ed Slott. The Federal Reserve says the average 64-74 year old has $358,000 saved for retirement, with the median amount at $126,000. The House Ways and Means Committee’s recent passage of the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021, dubbed the Secure Act 2.0, has spurred rounds of applause in the retirement pl...

AdventHealth survey finds Central Floridians falling for COVID-19 misinformation Orlando Sentinel 2 days ago Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel © Joe Burbank/Joe Burbank Registered Nurse Nancy Pfaff administers the vaccination against Covid-19 to Eric Walters at the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. About 32% of Central Floridians believe COVID-19 is “mostly made up” and exaggerated by the media, while 30% of those surveyed by AdventHealth in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties say vaccines can’t be trusted, according to a surve...

KITCHENER -- Three Guelph authors are among the finalists for the 2020 Governor General Literary Awards. According to a news release, the finalists were announced Tuesday after the 2020 awards were postponed due to the pandemic. A total of 70 books across seven categories in both French and English are nominated. The awards are one of Canada’s oldest and most prestigious literary award programs, offering a total of $450,000 in prizes. According to the news release, the themes of the books nominated this year are gender bending, boundary pushing and come from a diverse cohort of author...

Eric Walters, another school board member, feels the board rushed into this decision. Walters voted to table the decision and said he felt that faculty and parents should have been surveyed before making any decisions on COVID-19 protocols within the school. “As a board of education member, it is my responsibility to represent all stakeholders. That includes our community, our students, our teachers and our staff,” he said. “My motion was made to delay any decision until after we sought data on the opinions of all stakeholders, health department and school health experts.”...